MEDIA MYP5 (Grade 10): Bias In Media

Key Concept	___	Related Concepts	___	Global Context
Change		Visual Culture		Fairness and development

Statement of Inquiry:

Visual Culture is a powerful tool that may provoke social change.

Inquiry Questions

Factual	---	Conceptual	---	Debatable
What are the intentional and unintentional influences of mass media?		What is visual culture and how apparent is it in our lives?		Does media represent who I am or who I want to be? Have I been led to believe things through media, which I would not normally think? To what extent do we have responsibility to challenge media bias?

Film	MPAA Rating	Look For	IMDb Link
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)	NR		http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104810/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3
The Jazz Singer (1927)	NR		http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018037/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Flower Drum Song (1961)	NR		http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054885/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Summative Assessment: Oral Presentation